my short film proposal

1. SHORT FILM
PROPOSAL
BY HARRY BILK

2. SUMMARY
This film is primarily based around women in their mid twenties
to late thirties who are emotionally abused. I will help raise
awareness for this issue by portraying the issue with my short
film.
The one statistic that worried me was that it said over 70% of
emotional abuse happens in the middle class. I think this abuse
happens because the abuser is jealous and wants the victim to
feel useless so they don’t leave them.

3. EMOTIONALLY VULNERABLE
Director: Jessica Andrews Camera: Andrew Moore Sound: Mark Stevens
Editor: Michael Banks

4. HYPOTHESIS
In life, I believe that psychological abuse to women
should be made more aware in the public eye. In
my opinion emotional abuse is the worst type of
abuse because it attacks women not physically but
emotionally leaving them nothing more than a shell
of a person.

5. HYPOTHESIS
My statement is to make the nation more aware of
emotional abuse. My film will show this in action by
exploring the lives of different women who are
emotionally abused and physically abused and
they all say that emotional abuse felt the worse.

6. HYPOTHESIS
The main conflict is between women who are abused by
their partners and how the side effects of emotional abuse
are presented. Ultimately, I want the audience to feel angry
by how emotional abuse is never in the news as much as
other area of abuse and I want them to understand that
emotional abuse is just as harmful as physical abuse.

7. TARGET AUDIENCE PROFILE
The age of my potential audience will range from 15-37 years old
because I feel this is the key age where emotional abuse starts and
is at its peek. It is a 15 rating because it has some violence. I will
target the B category because that is the class where most
reporting's of emotional abuse happen. This is effective because my
short film will have a bigger impact among the national. I want the
gender to be majority female as my chosen area of abuse is
emotional abuse on women. This will have the most impact.

8. TARGET AUDIENCE PROFILE
The main occupation that my audience will
be is a business women because this the
main type of occupation that it happens too.
The main factors they would have to
consider is that the short film is solely set
around women and their male abusive
partners. The film will be advertised on radio
so, therefore it will be advertised when
people drive to work. This is effective
because they have word of mouth which can
seriously advertise the short film.

9. TARGET AUDIENCE
PROFILE
The cost of the film is a reasonable price to
make it available for everyone. I can create
an online survey for people to complete
which will produce research that can help
me improve my short film. There might be
some objections to the film because it
might have some disturbing scenes and
strong language. My secondary audience
are teenage girls aged between 12-18. this
can be a problem because they might
struggle to understand the films powerful
message.

10. TOPIC
My films subject is emotional abuse on women and how the effects are worse than
physical abuse. The people it mostly effects is women in their mid-twenties to
their late-thirties who are in a relationship with a male partner. The environment I
want my short film to show is an average English suburban household that
doesn't look out of the ordinary. The background information that my audience
will need is the basic understanding that abuse in general is a serious issue and
needs to be dealt with.

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17. MAIN CHARACTERS- JESS
In this short film there is a girl named Jess who is the girlfriend of Mike who
emotionally abuses Jess. Jess fits in the scheme of things because she is being
emotionally abused and she is the main character.
Jess main role is to act vulnerable as she is being emotionally abused. One other
important factor that makes her interesting is the fact that she is a stereotypical
working women. This is effective because you would not associate a middle class
women being the prime target. This character is trying to prove that emotional
abuse effects everyone not just working class women which is what most people
think.

18. MAIN CHARACTERS- MIKE
Mike fits in the scheme of things because he is the abuser and emotionally abuse
the main character. Mike main role is to be the abuser. what make him interesting
is that in public he shows no sign that he emotionally abuses his girlfriend, which
is important because it shows perfectly how hard it is to spot an emotional abuser.
The character is trying to prove that what he is doing has to be done because he
thinks his girlfriend is worthless.

19. AUDIENCE BIASES
The main bias my audience may have is that they associate emotional abuse
mostly with the lower class but my short film contradicts this by the fact that the
story is set around a middle class couple. This will cause some controversy
because it will go against the stereotype that so many people believe. The main
fact my audience need to understand is that not all stories revolve around the
lower class. To prove this I will show statistics that prove not all stories of
emotional abuse revolve around the lower class.

20. CONFLICT
Jess wants mike to stop emotionally abusing her where as Mike wants Jess to be
stronger as he thinks she is weak. Mike stands for the right that men should be
more powerful than women but Jess stands for the right that men and women
should remain equal. this is effective because it shows That mike is in the wrong.
We will see the forces meet by an argument that is created.

21. ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW
The only interview the short film has is with the main character, her name is Jess.
Jess’s role in life is that she is emotionally abused by her partner. The Interview
will be set in front of a plain white background so as to make her the focus. The
first question to be asked would be: “what is your story of being emotionally
abused?”

22. STRUCTURE
In the film there will be flashbacks from her interview which shows her memory of
being emotionally abused. This is important because it has to be clear that she is
talking about the past. The short film ends with a cycle back to the interview, a
question is asked. This is then left with a cliff-hanger where the interviewer asks
her “has the emotional abuse stopped?”

23. FORM AND STYLE
The main style the film is going for is a dark emotional film. For example there will
be low key lighting to hide the face of the abuser as this will leave a mystery for
the audience. This is effective because it will affect the audience more if the
identity of the abuser is unknown – the audience can imagine that the abuser
could be anyone.

24. RESOLUTION
The film with end with a cycle as we end up back at the interview where a
unanswered question is said. Then there will be a cliffhanger and therefore this
will lead to a sad ending because we will not know who the abuser is.

25. BUDGETING
I would like £25,000 to be able to produce this film nationwide. The things I would
spend this on would be Camera crew, cameras, location, clothing, catering, etc.

26. LOGISTICS
Their some issues I would need to face, for example:
The actors transport
The product placement
The location fees
These issues can be easily resolved I can hire a coach for the cast to assure that
they are at the location on time and their altogether at the same time. The product
placement can be solved by contacting a company to ask if it suitable to have
their product in my short film. I would need to save some extra money for the
location fees, this will solve the problem.